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DOC NYC · 2020

DOC NYC 2020

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Enemies Of The State

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Almost everybody here is hiding something - sometimes from themselves.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
When their hacker son is targeted by the US Government, the DeHarts will do anything to protect him.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Sonia Kennebeck)

Jacinta

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Earnshaw doesn't shy away from the fundamentals of Jacinta's situation and her relationship with addiction.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A documentary charting a mother, her daughter and granddaughter and cycles of addiction.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jessica Earnshaw)

Landfall

Chronicling the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and painting a portrait of the continued fraught relationship between the US and Puerto Rico, a land in mourning and resistance.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Cecilia Aldarondo)

A La Calle

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Caicedo and Navarrete (likely to be permanently exiled from his Venezuelan homeland as a result of this) show admirable courage under fire to shoot footage of demonstrations against the regime.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Capturing the spirit of resistance and protest in Venezuela

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Maxx Caicedo, Nelson G Navarrete)

World premiere

The Meaning Of Hitler

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Epperlein and Tucker’s kaleidoscopic investigation into the past and our future takes us on the road of history to the state of the world at this moment in time.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Historians and writers explore what Hitler means in the current waves of white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and the weaponisation of history and weigh in on the lasting impact of his virulent ideology.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker; Stars: Martin Amis, Francine Prose, Saul Friedländer, Yehuda Bauer, Klaus Theweleit, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, David Irving, Ute Frevert, Wojciech Mazurek, Enno Lenze, Jadwiga Korowaj, Klaus Heyne)

So Late So Soon

An intimate portrait of Chicago-based artists Jackie Seiden and Don Seiden.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Daniel Hymanson)

Stateless (Apátrida)

In 2013, the Dominican Republic stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, rendering over 200,000 people without nationality, identity or homeland. Stateless explores this complex history and politics through one young woman’s fight to protect the right to citizenship for all people.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michèle Stephenson; Writer: Michèle Stephenson; Stars: Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez, Teofilo Murat, Gladys Feliz)

Things We Dare Not Do (Cosas Que No Hacemos)

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This is a beautiful story that takes you beneath the skin of a culture and a place very different from what us Brits are used to.

Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
A profile of a Mexican trans teenager on the cusp of adulthood.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: Bruno Santamaría Razo; Writer: Bruno Santamaría Razo)

Through The Night

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The kind of documentary that expresses its politics through the simple act of observation, Limbal's film is a plea for justice.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary examining the emotional toll of our modern economy on families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare centre in Westchester, New York.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Loira Limbal; Stars: Deloris Hogan, Patrick Hogan)

The Viewing Booth

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The relationship between what is viewed and the viewer really come to the fore along with some troubling considerations of the way that fiction film and reality television may have an impact on the way people filter factual footage.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
The filmmaker chooses an American student - an enthusiastic supporter of Israel - to comment on a range of films made about the Occupied Territories.

(Country: US, Israel; Year: 2019; Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz; Writer: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz; Stars: Maia Levi)